{"id":1036,"date":"2005-10-18T15:24:50","date_gmt":"2005-10-18T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/austin.metblogs.com\/2005\/10\/18\/pure-gold\/"},"modified":"2005-10-18T15:24:50","modified_gmt":"2005-10-18T20:24:50","slug":"pure-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechunk.com\/blog\/archive\/pure-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Pure Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thechunk\/53236736\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Opal's Penn Field Menu\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/austin.metblogs.com\/archives\/53236736_dc79ef3bd8_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/a>I stumbled across it Thursday night I can&#8217;t get it out of my mind. I&#8217;ve been back twice since that fateful evening. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realalebrewing.com\">Real Brewing&#8217;s<\/a> Lost Gold IPA is the object of my affection. Don&#8217;t go looking for it on their site. It&#8217;s not there. Like its name, It&#8217;s elusive, almost impossible to obtain. The description on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opaldivines.com\/\">Opal Divine&#8217;s<\/a> menu reads &#8220;Assertive, brewed with over 2lbs. of hops\/barrel.&#8221; Amen. I love hoppy beers and the aroma wafting off a freshly poured glass of this stuff makes me feel like I&#8217;ve been rolling around in a field of hops with the same abandon that my dog reserves for fresh roadkill. If you dig beers like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonebrew.com\/tasting\/ipa\/\">Stone IPA<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitterendaustin.com\/brewery\/index.html\">Bitter End\/B-Side&#8217;s Austin Pale Ale<\/a>, then get ahold of some of this treasure before it goes away.<\/p>\n<p>An e-mail to the folks at Real Brewing praising their beer and asking a few questions yielded a quick response from Gabriel with plenty of details. Read on after the jump to see what he said.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>tim,<br \/>\nthanks for writing. yes, the lost gold ipa is a seasonal draft-only<br \/>\noffering, for now.  we&#8217;ve just released one batch for now, and i think there<br \/>\nwill be 2 more in the pipes before the end of the year.  wednesday night<br \/>\nthere will be a cask conditioned ipa at opal divines 6th st. at 7pm.  it<br \/>\nwill go fast.<\/p>\n<p>i believe zax, gingerman, both opals, and maybe one or two other bars will<br \/>\nhave it on draft this season.  we&#8217;ve only released one batch prior to now,<br \/>\nlast holiday season, almost a year ago.  we hope to have it year round once<br \/>\nwe are up and running in our new facility.<\/p>\n<p>we have another seasonal out right now too, the coffee porter made with ruta<br \/>\nmaya&#8217;s organic shade grown coffee.  probably at the same places mentioned<br \/>\nabove as well as ruta maya of course.<\/p>\n<p>cheers, and thanks for your support.<br \/>\ngabriel<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I stumbled across it Thursday night I can&#8217;t get it out of my mind. I&#8217;ve been back twice since that fateful evening. Real Brewing&#8217;s Lost Gold IPA is the object of my affection. Don&#8217;t go looking for it on their site. It&#8217;s not there. Like its name, It&#8217;s elusive, almost impossible to obtain. 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